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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000943663-03-000072
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	RW
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030210

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ABERDEEN GLOBAL INCOME FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000876717
		IRS NUMBER:				133334183
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		RW
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-100429
		FILM NUMBER:		03546889

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		STREET 2:		C/O MERRILL LYNCH ASSET MANAGEMENT
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129688800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O MERRILL LYNCH ASSET MANAGEMENT
		STREET 2:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST COMMONWEALTH FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ABERDEEN COMMONWEALTH INCOME FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010601
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<DESCRIPTION>APPLICATION TO WITHDRAW REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM N-2
<TEXT>
ABERDEEN GLOBAL INCOME FUND, INC.
800 Scudders Mill Road
Plainsboro, NJ  08536

February 10, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Christian Sandoe
Division of Investment Management

Re:      Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc. (File No. 333-100429)
         Application to Withdraw Registration Statement on Form N-2

Dear Sirs:

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc. ("Registrant"), a closed-end management
investment company, hereby applies, pursuant to Rule 477 under the Securities
Act of 1933, to withdraw the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed by
Registrant on October 8, 2002 to register additional shares to be offered in a
rights offering. Registrant's Board of Directors has determined that market
developments since that filing have not been favorable for a rights offering and
that the offering should therefore not proceed. No securities have been sold in
connection with the proposed rights offering.

Please call the undersigned at 202-261-3308 if you have questions about this
application.

Yours truly,

Hugh Young, President and Principal Executive Officer
Christian Pittard, Assistant Secretary and Principal Financial and Accounting
                   Officer
Martin J. Gilbert, Director and Chairman
David L. Elsum, Director
Laurence S. Freedman, Director
Neville J. Miles, Director
William J. Potter, Director
Peter D. Sacks, Director
Anton E. Schrafl, Director
E. Duff Scott, Director
John T. Sheehy, Director
Warren C. Smith, Director

/s/ SANDER M. BIEBER
    Sander M. Bieber, by power of attorney


<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Allan S. Mostoff, Sander M. Bieber, Olivia P. Adler, Jennifer O.
Epstein and Wendy Fox, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for such attorney-in-fact in such attorney-in-fact's name, place and stead, to
sign any and all registration statements applicable to Aberdeen Global Income
Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), and any amendments or supplements thereto, and
withdrawals thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person in
his or her capacity as a Director or Officer of the Fund, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Power of Attorney on
the date indicated below.

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                   Name                                          Title                                 Date
<S>                                         <C>                                              <C>
/s/ Hugh Young                              President and Principal Executive Officer        February 7, 2003
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Hugh Young

/s/ Christian Pittard                       Assistant Secretary and Principal Financial      February 4, 2003
- ---------------------------                 and Accounting Officer
Christian Pittard

/s/ Martin J. Gilbert                       Director and Chairman                            February 2, 2003
- ---------------------------
Martin J. Gilbert

/s/ David L. Elsum                          Director                                         February 5, 2003
- ---------------------------
David L. Elsum

/s/ Laurence S. Freedman                    Director                                         January 21, 2003
- ---------------------------
Laurence S. Freedman

/s/ Neville J. Miles                        Director                                         February 4, 2003
- ---------------------------
Neville J. Miles

/s/ William J. Potter                       Director                                         January 21, 2003
- ---------------------------
William J. Potter

/s/ Peter D. Sacks                          Director                                         January 20, 2003
- ---------------------------
Peter D. Sacks

/s/ Anton E. Schrafl                        Director                                         February 3, 2003
- ---------------------------
Anton E. Schrafl

/s/ E. Duff Scott                           Director                                         January 19, 2003
- ---------------------------
E. Duff Scott

/s/ John T. Sheehy                          Director                                         January 23, 2003
- ---------------------------
John T. Sheehy

/s/ Warren C. Smith                         Director                                         January 20, 2003
- ---------------------------
Warren C. Smith
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